Hoover-frankum Watershed Dam Lt-25

About Hoover-frankum Watershed Dam Lt-25

The primary purpose of Hoover-frankum Watershed Dam Lt-25 is grade stabilization. Grade stabilization dams prevent erosion by reducing the slope and velocity of water flowing through a channel. They're commonly used to stop gullies from deepening and to protect downstream land and infrastructure. The dam is owned by U (private). It impounds the Tr-huff Creek near Quitman.

The dam stands 33 feet tall and stretches 520 feet across, creates a reservoir covering 5 acres, has a maximum storage capacity of 29 acre-feet, and collects water from a drainage area of 38 square miles. Completed in 1973, the structure is well into its service life at over 50 years old.

This dam has a low hazard potential classification, meaning that failure would cause minimal damage, limited primarily to the dam owner's property, with no expected loss of life.

At 33 feet, this dam is taller than 78% of dams nationwide.

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